Miscellany

• Air plane ticket to New York: $137
• Cab ride from LaGuardia: $40
  
• Single night stay in New York hotel: $275
• Subway ticket to Coney Island: $2
• Seeing a mannequin outside a haunted house attraction that is simultaneously simulating projectile vomiting AND projectile diarrhea: priceless

Here are some more things that I meant to blog, but forgot to in the proper place when they happened:

• Heidi "popped" sometime during this trip. She is now obviously pregnant-looking.
• Below the door on every fire truck in New York is a list of names. Every truck has a different list of names. These are the names of the 400+ firefighters who were the first responders on 9/11 and who died.
• When we passed the Metropolitan Opera House, the flag outside was at half-mast because Pavorotti had died the night before. Some of his biggest shows were at the Met.
• Every restaurant in New York city has Heimlich maneuver instructions on the wall.
• All the curbs in New York have metal protecting them. I assume this is to protect them from all the traffic.
• When we visited my brother in Brooklyn, we saw some people sitting on stoops or chairs in front of their brownstones or apartments. I guess they do really do that.
• While we were by the Indian restaurant, I saw a magazine store selling Mob Candy. I'd never seen it before.
• Outside of every building there are instructions for firefighters on where various connections are located. Apparently "siamese" connections are quite common.
• Walking down the street can be like smoking a cigarette. Although not everybody smokes, the concentration of people is pretty high and the odds are that at least one or two people will be smoking.
• Honking is an important form of communication.
• Heidi and I gradually learned how much toilet paper the toilet in our room could take before becoming plugged.
• Supposedly you can buy used polar bear toys on e-bay (according to the sign in central park zoo) although I can't find them.